Who Are We?

In 1994 St. James Methodist Church was in the throes of raising money to pay for its newly built extension hall and other rooms.
One of the initiatives at that time was to hold a model railway exhibition. Tom Lowton undertook to organise the exhibition and asked for the support of various friends in the modelling hobby. One person who agreed to help was Colin Oldfield, who is a churchwarden with the nearby St. Ann’s Church.

The exhibition was a resounding success and plans for the 1995 follow on exhibition were being immediately spoken about. During the early months of 1995, whilst finalising the arrangements for the coming exhibition, thoughts were leading to the possibility of forming a model railway club in Rainhill.

After much time dillying and dallying (which I’m told we men do a lot of), Colin’s wife Mary prompted us to advertise our intentions in the show’s programme.
The show was another overwhelming success and we collected the names of 25 people in our area that demonstrated interest in the formation of a club.

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